Review of "A grammar of Kham"

The excellent grammar under review here, David Watters' A Gram-mar of Kham, is a description of the Takale dialect of the Kham lan¬guage of Nepal, though numerous references are made to other Kham dialects. The book contains a 417 page grammar, 23 pages of tran¬scribed texts, a 14 page dictiona...

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Main Author: Noonan, Michael
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2024
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/177970
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Institution: Nanyang Technological University
Language: English
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Summary:The excellent grammar under review here, David Watters' A Gram-mar of Kham, is a description of the Takale dialect of the Kham lan¬guage of Nepal, though numerous references are made to other Kham dialects. The book contains a 417 page grammar, 23 pages of tran¬scribed texts, a 14 page dictionary, two maps, and a detailed topic index. The final chapter of the grammar is devoted to a discussion of the Kham verb in historical perspective.